Kobayashi Overview

Kobayashi was an exceptionally fast 2YO winning two starts at Caulfield as a juvenile by 2.3 lengths and three lengths respectively, including the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup over 1200m, dominating his opposition by three lengths.

A complete outcross and free of Danehill blood, Kobayashi is the best son of sire sensation I Am Invincible to stand in Queensland.

His is a family littered with not just 2YO winners, but black type 2YOs and he is by the leading sire I Am Invincible who is leaving quality progeny that are setting both the sales ring and racetracks alight. I Am Invincible filly Houtzen who demonstrates exceptional speed and has career earnings of nearly $2 million, dominates both the Queensland and New South Wales racing scenes.

The 2YO speed of this sire dates back five generations, including Danzig, Green Desert, Invincible Spirit and I Am Invincible. Making him a desirable sire for Queensland racing with the premier races such as The Stradbroke and Doomben 10,000 being sprint races.

The QTIS program heavily emphasizes 2 and 3YO prizemoney, ideal for horses with a sprinting pedigree like Kobayashi’s.

“Kobayashi encapsulates everything that Australia looks for in a stallion: 2YO speed, strength, a great family and he is by the right stallion. It was such a shame that we never got to see his true potential. His dominance over the 1200m at Caulfield as a 2YO was amazing! He is a speed machine and I look forward to seeing the bone, muscle and strength that he will pass onto his progeny” - trainer, Troy Corstens.

Kobayashi is an extremely exciting addition to this season’s stallion ranks.

Stakes winning 2YO of the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup

A complete outcross free of Danehill blood

Won two races at 2 by a combined 5.3L

The first son of breed-shaper I Am Invincible to stand in Queensland

Kobayashi Pedigree

I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) b. 2004

INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) dkb/br. 1997

GREEN DESERT b. 1983

DANZIG

FOREIGN COURIER

RAFHA b. 1987

KRIS

ELJAZZI

CANNARELLE (AUS) b. 1998

CANNY LAD br. 1987

BLETCHINGLY

JESMOND LASS

COUNTESS PEDRILLE b. 1994

ZOFFANY

SISTER PEDRILLE

WOODSTOCK HUSSEY (AUS) ch. 2008

HUSSONET (USA) ch. 1991

MR. PROSPECTOR b. 1970

RAISE A NATIVE

GOLD DIGGER

SACAHUISTA b. 1984

RAJA BABA

NALEES FLYING FLAG

EXPLOSIVE LOVE (AUS) b. 1997

RUBITON br. 1983

CENTURY

RUBY

GAY ROSALIND b. 1977

DIGNITAS

I LIKE IT

All data courtesy Arion Pedigrees

Kobayashi BR News

Aquis Announces 2018 Two-State Stud Fees

Fri, 4 May 2018

In local breeding news, Aquis has announced its 2018 stallion roster comprising 13 stallions at properties in New South Wales and Queensland. “Highlighting the roster will be the Champion 2YO Colt and Snitzel’s highest-ever rated 2YO Invader, who will be joined on the Hunter Valley roster by the speed machine Spieth who is the best son of Champion Sire Thorn Park to stand at stud in Australia. Spieth, who came within a lip of winning a Group One in both the Darley Classic and the Lightning Stakes, will be retired at the end of the Brisbane Winter Carnival, with Craig Williams booked to ride him throughout his final campaign,” revealed CEO Shane McGrath. “We are also delighted to welcome the outstanding Gr1-winning juvenile The Mission, who is by the emerging sire of sires Choisir. The runaway winner of the Champagne Stakes at 2, The Mission will join our Queensland roster following his Brisbane campaign, with James Ormond booked to ride him in the Gr1 Doomben 10,000.” Another newcomer for Queensland is Kobayashi. An exceptionally fast 2YO who is completely free of Danehill blood, Kobayashi will be the first son of I am Invincible to stand at stud in Queensland.With fees for The Mission and Spieth to be announced following their retirement in coming months, McGrath noted, “All Aquis stallions will be restricted to a book of no more than 175 mares per season.” Aquis' stallion fees include GST, with payment on live foal terms for all its stallions. The full Aquis two-State line up comprises:

Kobayashi Wins Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup

Mon, 1 May 2017

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At Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne, Yarraman Park's Gr3-winning stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit-Cannarelle, by Canny Lad) added a black-type success when 2YO colt Kobayashi (I Am Invincible-Woodstock Hussey, by Hussonet) left his rivals languishing with a brilliant turn of foot in the $120,000 Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup (1200m) for 2YOs, defeating Al Passem & boom colt Doubt I'm Dreaming. This was the first stakes win for the smart Kobayashi who advanced his record to 2 wins and 1 placing from 4 starts for $135,000. Kobayashi, who hails from the family of dual Hong Kong International Bowl winner Monopolize, was a $60,000 purchase at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the draft of Edinglassie Stud. Co-trainer Troy Corstens said a trip to Queensland was on the cards for Kobayashi. "We'll have a look at Brisbane but I question whether the races up there are going to suit him being at 1400m or even the JJ Atkins [Gr1] over a mile," Corstens told racing.com. "We might give him a nice break now and then I'm really looking forward to the spring when he grows into himself." He added: "He's a really talented colt and he's by the right stallion. He's not a big horse but I don't think he needs to be and he's always had really good natural talent."

Japanese Colt On Target For Gr1 Arc

Thu, 13 Sep 2012

Meanwhile, Japanese Gr1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe contender Orfevre (Stay Gold) is on track for the weight-for-age championship and will make his first European start on Sunday-week (Sep 16) when running in France's Gr2 Prix Foy at Longchamp. Orfevre, who arrived in France in late August following a 30-hour trip, is staying at the yard of Chantilly-base Japanese trainer Satoshi Kobayashi, and will be ridden first up by Christophe Soumillon. Bred by Shiraoi Farm of Shadai Corporation and owned by Sunday Racing Club, Orfevre is treading a familiar path for Japanese horses on the Arc trail: in 1999, El Condor Pasa won the Prix For before finishing second to Montjeu in the Arc, while in 2010 Nakayama Festa was runner-up in both races. Last year Japan's Hiruno d'Amour also finished second in the Prix Foy. Orfevre, Japan's Triple Crown winner in 2011, has won 8 races (including 5 Gr1s) from 14 starts.

Timber Country Adds Japan Gr3

Mon, 16 Oct 2006

Also in Japan, Eliza Park Stud shuttler & triple US Gr1 winner Timber Country (Woodman-Fall Aspen, by Pretense) added a juvenile group success when daughter Paradise Flower (Timber Country-Dyna Comaneci, by Northern Taste) gained the verdict in a 3-way photo-finish to the Gr3 Edelweiss Sho (1600m) for 2YO fillies at Asahikawa. Paradise Flower (ridden by T.kobayashi for trainer K.Sakurada) won by a neck from Agri Festa (Wing Arrow-Kaori Smile, by Shanghai) with a further head to Fairy Ride (Southern Halo-Genialita, by Gone West).